Later Life
Harper stepped down as head football coach after the 1917 season and returned to ranching in his home state of Kansas. His ranch was not far from where Knute Rockne was killed in a 1931 plane crash. Not long afterwards, Harper returned to Notre Dame as athletic director, where he remained until 1934, when Elmer Layden became head football coach and athletic director.
Jesse was married and had two sons and one daughter.
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